Varazabun (Armenian: Վարազաբուն) or Aranzamin (Armenian: Արանզամին; Azerbaijani: Aranzəmin) is a village in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Until 2023 it was controlled by the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population[2] until the exodus of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh following the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh.[3]
Varazabun / Aranzamin
Վարազաբուն / Aranzəmin | |
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 A view of the village | |
  Varazabun / Aranzamin  Varazabun / Aranzamin | |
| Coordinates: 39°53′40″N 46°53′32″E / 39.89444°N 46.89222°E | |
| Country |  Azerbaijan |
| • District | Khojaly |
| Population (2015)[1] | |
• Total | 38 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
History
editDuring the Soviet period, the village was a part of the Askeran District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.
Economy and culture
editThe population is mainly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry. The village is part of the community of Vardadzor.[1]
Demographics
editThe village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population, had 25 inhabitants in 2005,[4] and 38 inhabitants in 2015.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
- ^ Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com.
- ^ Sauer, Pjotr (2 October 2023). "'It's a ghost town': UN arrives in Nagorno-Karabakh to find ethnic Armenians have fled". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
- ^ "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.
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